Combination garment



Oct. 7, 1930. J. P. GAREY v COMBINATION GARMENT Filed Dec. 11', 1926 2SheetsSheet l INVENTOH p4 f I 4 TTORNEY Oct. 7, 1930. J. P. GAREY1,777,664

COMBINATION GARMENT Filed Dec. 11, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 a N INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Oct. "7,

JOHN P. GAR Y, or LMIRAHEIGBhdINnWYORK],

COMBINATION GA MENr l ApplicationfiledDecember 1.1,19262 searnogi mns zThisinvention relates to combination garments and aims to provideasingle garment adapted to replace a complete suit of'under wear and anouter shirt. l

It hasheretofore been proposed to provide a combination garment byextending the lower portion of an outer shirt to form a pair ofrdrawers.Such garments have, however,

' proved inconvenient because they cannot be pair of drawers.

in Figs. land 2 spread out flat modified garment shown in Fig. 8.

provided with a safely concealed rear opening. Furthermore, such agarment doesnot replace a suit of underwear but requires the j use wlth1t of an undershirt.

My inventioneliminat'es these disadvantages by providingla combinationgarment of which at least the back portion consists of two layers offabric. ;The under layer is provided with a rear opening of the formcustomarily used in union suits, while the outer layer providesadepending flap or shirt tail which effectively conceals the rear opening without rendering it inaccessible. In the form which I regard 'asmostdesirable, the upper portion of the new garmentboth front andback-is made of ajdouble-layer,

of fabric sojthat the garment may replace an under-shirt as well as anouter'shirt a v Inorder that the invention clearly be understood, I willdescribe the specific combinationgarments embodying it which areillustrated inthe accompanying drawings in i. which Fig. 1 is a frontview of the preferred form of garment with part of the outer layer 7broken away; i i p 1 Fig. 2is a backview showing the outer flaporshirttail raisedjto expose the rear opening in the under layer; j r

.Fig. 3-is a three-quarterview of a modified garment; V

I1 ig. a is a backview of the garment shown and with part of its outerlayer broken away; i

Fig. 5 is a verticalsection of this garment,

taken ontheline 5--5 of Fig.4; and

Fig. 6 is "a similar sectional view "of the a The back portion of thegarment, as shown ,in all the figures, consists of two layers of :Theouter layer .11 provides t t 16; which is secur -ed to the undeflayjeralong H 1 its side; edges by thej stitching 17-, and along under layer.

'illustratediirFigs. 3 and 6, I find it more desirable tormake the upperportion of it of viding a shirt backf12anda back {13 6f apair,

l4 similar to that provided in. a union; suit.

tothe ba'clrjof arrordinary union suit, :ipr'o of drawers, andcontainingia rear opening? 1 1 V 55 v The;f1ap 15 Whichcloses thisopeningjisseits top edge by stitching 18, and a lflap onm shirttail' 19which isfentirelyfree from the The front portion a pair of drawers. Theshirt front 20 is provided with a vertical opening or slit 22, ex-

of the garment provides a shirt front 20 anda front portion 21 oftendingfrom its upper edge toa point above the crotch. While the frontof the garment 11 l i if may be made of a single layer of fabric as twolayers of fabric 20 20 l The. under layer20 is similar to the front ofa'sleevefless under-shirt and 'may, if desired, be

formed integralwith the front 21 of the drawers. The outer layer 20terminates just above the crotch of the garment,and is se also stitchedto the under layer along the "cured to the under layer at itsupper,lower, 3 andside edges by .stitching 28, 24, 17. It is edges ofthe opening 22. The outer layer is most desirably made of adifl'erentmate' rial from the under vlayer, and is provided with sleeves25. 1 r v i The garment is put on by unbuttoning the dinary outer.shirt. The garmentmay properly be worn without a coat, since, even whenthe wearer bends forward, drawing the rear portion of the garmentupwardly, the ,opening 14 is effectively concealed by the shirt tail19.. When access to the rear opening 14 is desired, it may easily be hadbymerely jrais ing the shirt tail 1 9 as shown in Fig; 2.

When the garment is made in the preferred form illustrated in Figs. 1,2, 4 and 5, it provides a complete suit of underwear as well opening 22and stepping into it. When worn, i the portion of the garment visibleabove the belt line presents the appearance of anor t as an outer shirt,the whole being put on and taken off in one operation. The form shown inFigs. 3 and 6 is not as warm as the pre ferred form, since a doublelayer is not provided in front, and, for that reason, it makes adesirable garment for replacing underwear and an outer shirt in hotweather.

What I claim is:

1. A combination garment having a-front portion providing a shirt frontand the front of a pair of drawers, and a rear portion consisting of twolayers of which the inner provides a shirt back and the back of a pairof drawers, and the outer provides a shirt back and a depending shirttail which is free from the under layer.

2. A combination garment consisting of shirt and drawers andcontainingin its front a vertical slit extending downwardly from the upper edge ofthe shirt and in its rear an independent Vertical slit'in the drawers, areleasably secured flap for closing the vertical slit in the drawers,and an independent depending flap concealing the upper portion of saidslit and its closure flap. V

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set In hand.

y JOHN P. GAREY.

